(verses)She visited a clientIn a Minnesota prisonAnd the governmentMade a secret tapeAnd after she gave her client'sStatement to the pressThe Feds came to her homeTo make their arrest. (chorus)

The government that bombsIraq and AfghanistanAccused the civil rights lawyerOf supporting "terrorism"Attorney General AshcroftHe declared on TVThat he needed no trialTo find Lynne Stewart "guilty." (chorus)

So an NYU Law profAnd a manipulated juryProduced a convictionSo she would not go freeAnd a Columbia Law profSaid her sentence was "too short"And they added 8 more yearsWhen they returned Lynne to court. (chorus)

Now they've moved her out to TexasFar away from New YorkFar away from her husbandAnd her political supportAnd since she's ill and elderlyAnd they've disbarred her for lifeThey hope people won't demandThat Lynne Stewart be freed tonight! (chorus)